Deadlord39 wrote:It's because you foreigners are so shady.Did you know that Gaypal charges a fee on top of the exchange rate for foreign payments?
megnelwil wrote:Could have a lot to do with people not wanting the hassle of dealing with the customs guys. Twice now I've been shafted by the customs process. First I fell for the Troll and Toad thing which amounted to an additional charge of $50 tax on a mixed bag of junk/ good stuff. Now it appears I've 'lost' another $120 on a missing parcel because the customs bod confused the UK with Western Samoa and re-directed my stuff accordingly (easy mistake to make of course ). By comparison, with a probable ratio of 10 UK deliveries to 1 international, I've had no problems with domestic postage. That said, I've had US sellers tell me on more than a few occasions that opening up their bids to at least Europe and Oz was the smartest thing they ever did on eBay.
Badmike wrote:Sure it is, if you want to make more money! International customers have lots of bills and money falling out of their overstuffed wallets to spend on American goodies.
benjoshua wrote:Opening my sales up to overseas buyers was one of my best moves. My man problem has been with the Italian Post Office. The buyers are fine, but the Post Office takes forever unless it is sent Registered. This jacks up the price, but the headaches it avoids are worth it to me. I hate to punish my Italian buyers, but they usually seem to understand. Sad.
Badmike wrote:Instead of "Atlas of the Dragonlance World", "Knight of the Living Dead", "Five Fighting Fantasy Books", and "Players Handbook" printed on the customs form, you need to clear it out and just list it as "Used Books" to avoid any problems. Customs officials don't know what all the above names are; they know what used books are.
Prufrock wrote:Hi Guys,I was watching a 1st print Tegel Manor on ebay and now I suddenly cannot find it. It had bids on it. In fact I was the first to bid on it but now it is no longer showing up in My Ebay and a search reveals nothing. It had a 1.5 days left before the end of the auction. Never had anything like this happen before. I know some of you were also bidding on it. Did someone snake it out from under us.Martin
Cushionsnbeans wrote:.....dont worry he wouldnt have won it
Cushionsnbeans wrote:red_bus you have been watching too much Johnny Depp